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For his age group, he's the best of the bunch in the world..

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Looking forward to seeing him play very soon....hope he can break through on senior level.

What is his playing style like? Fast and powerful or skillful & tactical?

Originally Posted by demolidor

From the few clips I've seen I would say skillfull & tactical.
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Originally Posted by jamesd20

Mmm, not very prety to watch in those videos. I don't like the way he holds & flicks his shots. I think his footwork needs some wok too, he is not so agile.

But then again he is only 16 & is tall. We will see!

Originally Posted by demolidor

Yup tall & agile would be a rare combo.
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- Yes, as demolidor mentioned. A thinking kid. He's not the fastest of them, but he's also not the slowest. Footwork can be better but considering his height, i'd say it's not bad. He seems to also He's not as agile or quick or nimble. He does cover quite a bit of court w/his length.
One would think playing a faster or flatter game might rattle him. But in a couple of this yr's WJC matches, i noticed his opponents tried to inject a faster pace or more drives rather than lifts or clear, yet he's able to counter them pretty well.
- Yes, he does use a bit of hold-and-flick shots and wrist shots; racket skills are definitely very good. He has a pretty good touch also. But the thing which surprised me was his poise and composure in all of his matches, whether he was leading or trailing behind in pts. Almost never a sense of panic from his part throughout the entire match.
One thing to note though, he lost to MAS' Zulfadli in a Danish tourney a while back. Perhaps this time around Viktor ran to opponents more to his advantage.

Hope to see him more in international tourneys soon (i think that's the only way for him to truly learn & improve) and slay some of the world's top MS players..

When did he lose to Zulfadli? I know he has improven a lot since summer.

@Thom_bad: He has beaten quite a few good senior players also this year also so it is not only at junior level. Since Christmas he has beaten Sune Gavnholt, Peter Rasmussen, Christian Lind Thomsen, Scott Evans, Henri Hurskainen, Matthieu Lo Ying Ping, and Kasper Ipsen. I don't know if any of them are particularly tall though but they are ranked fairly high with four in top 50.